Python 3 venv wrapper. Manages all virtual environments under ~/.venv/ .

venv_wrapper

# include following in .bashrc / .bash_profile / .zshrc
# usage
# $ mkvenv myvirtualenv # creates venv under ~/.venv/
# $ venv myvirtualenv   # activates venv
# $ deactivate          # deactivates venv
# $ rmvenv myvirtualenv # removes venv

export VENV_HOME="$HOME/.venv"
[[ -d $VENV_HOME ]] || mkdir $VENV_HOME

lsvenv() {
  ls -1 $VENV_HOME
}

venv() {
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]
    then
      echo "Please provide venv name"
    else
      source "$VENV_HOME/$1/bin/activate"
  fi
}

mkvenv() {
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]
    then
      echo "Please provide venv name"
    else
      python3 -m venv $VENV_HOME/$1
  fi
}

rmvenv() {
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]
    then
      echo "Please provide venv name"
    else
      rm -r $VENV_HOME/$1
  fi
}

This is great thanks. You might want to add protection against rmvenv with no argument given, so that someone doesn't blow away all their environments :)

@maxwellmckinnon you are absolutely right. Any suggestions?

Updated gist with no argument checks. Thanks to maxwellmckinnon.

So glad I found this when I searched for "venv wrapper", works perfectly. Thanks!

Thanks for this! I found it handy to add an lsvenv command as well to list the existing virtual environments under ~/.venv/

lsvenv() {
  ls -1 $VENV_HOME
}

Thanks @zekefarwell. Added lsvenv.

Useful gist 👍 . I added complete -W "`lsvenv`" venv to the end of it so venv can autocomplete with the tab key. It might help you out.

This is great! My system version is 3.10 which tends to break things, so I added a few lines so mkvenv can optionally set the version. It's a bit fragile and basic, but it works for my purposes.

mkvenv() {
  if [ $# -eq 0 ]
    then
      echo "Please provide venv name"
  elif [ $# -eq 1 ]
    then
      python3 -m venv $VENV_HOME/$1
  elif [ $# -eq 2 ]
    then
      python$2 -m venv $VENV_HOME/$1
  fi      
}

the ZSH equivalent for @leoschmitz 's one liner above is
compdef '_path_files -/ -W $VENV_HOME' venv